| 1. | In her animal spirits there was an affluence of life and certainty of flow, such as excited my wonder, while it baffled my comprehension. - from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |
| 2. | They were under a yoke,--I could free them they were scattered,--I could reunite them the independence, the affluence which was mine, might be theirs too. - from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |
| 3. | There are in affluence a crowd of aristocratic cares and caprices which are highly becoming to beauty. - from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 4. | For one very rich man, there must be at least five hundred poor, and the affluence of the few supposes the indigence of the many. - from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith |
| 5. | When profits are high, that sober virtue seems to be superfluous, and expensive luxury to suit better the affluence of his situation. - from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith |
| 6. | If the labouring poor, therefore, can maintain their families in the one part of the united kingdom, they must be in affluence in the other. - from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith |
| 7. | The affluence of the rich excites the indignation of the poor, who are often both driven by want, and prompted by envy to invade his possessions. - from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith |
| 8. | But the cream of the joke was nothing would get it out of Corley's head that he was living in affluence and hadn't a thing to do but hand out the needful. - from Ulysses by James Joyce |
| 9. | If the labouring poor, therefore, can maintain their families in those parts of the kingdom where the price of labour is lowest, they must be in affluence where it is highest. - from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith |